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GSK’s IO Backbone Jemperli Looks Stronger After OS Success

Jemperli has struggled to gain a presence in cancer immunotherapy so far, but GSK believes the PD-1 therapy can hold its own against Merck & Co’s mega-blockbuster Keytruda in a few key areas. 

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• Source: GSK

Despite being very much a late-comer to PD1/L-1 cancer immunotherapy, GSK believes Jemperli can become a backbone of its maturing oncology portfolio.

That view is backed up by new topline overall survival (OS) data from the drug’s use in first line endometrial...

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